[10 Gauge]

Ok, I have come up with enough items to try to make a ice fish finder out of a soft water fish finder. Has anyone done this? Will it work? I have a couple different ideas for this. One involves some pvc pipe. The other would be to mount the transducer to the bottom of my sled. Poor people have poor ways. ha ha

 

[hobiecat]

Don't mount the transducer to the sled. Just make a T out of wood, pvc, or metal. I use an old broken hiking staff and mount your skimmer to it. For the battery pack and head unit I just use a soft side cooler with the plastic insert. Works fine.

 

[Opry99er]

This is funny... I'm trying to go in reverse right now... Make my ice ducer work for trolling in a boat. Seems to work pretty well if I can keep it stationary. Good luck!!

 

[hobiecat]

Set up for the toon..







Attach the skimmer to a T for ice fishing.

 

[swimbait]

Mind you, Hobie's will work better for all condition icing, I am a fair-weather, panfish only ice angler, so my dinky little transducer boom works great for that.

 

[10 Gauge]

Some great ideas so far. What I had in mind was a bit flintstone looking compared to what you guys have shown me.

 

[Zman]

This one is pretty good...

 

[redleader]

I used to convert mine also, used my lowrance 75 and 350 for years and took it fishing in Ca several times with a suction cup ducer, imo the new portables ice machines out now are handier to use.

 

[Fordo]

Ok, I have come up with enough items to try to make a ice fish finder out of a soft water fish finder. Has anyone done this? Will it work? I have a couple different ideas for this. One involves some pvc pipe. The other would be to mount the transducer to the bottom of my sled. Poor people have poor ways. ha ha

I had been using my old X65 like this for years, with a skimmer transducer. I have a 3/4 inch round by 5" peice of pipe that i ran the transducer wire through, no need for a post, or T to hold the ducer, just drop it right in like a Ice ducer. the cooler box always keeps it protected and it has lasted forever

However i just bought the Lowrance ice pack for my HDS 5, it includes a battery,and ice ducer. Very handy for just over $100.